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Here come the Friday news!

SALES & DEALS

For Honor and Alan Wake are going free on the Epic Games Store
https://www.pcgamer.com/for-honor-and-alan-wake-are-going-free-on-the-epic-games-store/
The latest round of freebies from the Epic Game Store—This War of Mine and Moonlighter—are now yours for the taking, and yes, it's two games this week rather than the usual one. Epic explained last week that it's making two games free this time around to ensure that everyone gets at least one.
This War of Mine is rated M (Mature), which means that it may not be accessible if the store's parental controls are engaged. The E-rated Moonlighter ensures that nobody goes away empty-handed, and Epic said at the time that, going forward, "we will also offer another free game that will be more accessible to players of all ages."
Epic also announced today that next week will be a two-fer freebie deal too, with For Honor and Alan Wake going up for grabs. The distinction between This War of Mine and Moonlighter is obvious enough, but I'll be honest, I had to check the ESRB website to find out which of next week's games is the lower-rated alternative pick: For Honor is a multiplayer combat game about bashing medieval bros in the face, while Alan Wake is a twisted psychological thriller about an author battling the shadowy agents of the Dark Presence as he searches for his missing wife and tries to unravel the mystery of a missing week.

On the Humble Store there are two new deals:

• Let's start with a sale featuring the Warhammer Vermintide franchise, with up to 75% discounts for the next 3 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/warhammer-vermintide-franchise-sale/
• And there's a "The Hero's Journey Sale", with up to 85% discounts on Action Adventure games for the next 6 days: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/promo/the-heros-journey-sale/

At Fanatical there are three new sales:

• The new Star Deal is Endless Legend - Emperor Edition, 88% off for the next 48 hours: https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/endless-legend-emperor-edition
• That's part of a the publisher Iceberg Interactive sale, with up to 80% discounts for the next 7 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/publishers/iceberg-interactive
• And the new Empire Bundle features 6 games at a 95% discount for the next 12 days: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/empire-bundle

SOFTWARE & DRIVERS

AMD says its new GPU driver bumps performance in Wolfenstein: Youngblood by 13%
https://www.pcgamer.com/amd-says-its-new-gpu-driver-bumps-performance-in-wolfenstein-youngblood-by-13/
AMD and Nvidia now both have updated GPU drivers that are optimized for Wolfenstein: Youngblood. Nvidia began rolling out its 431.60 driver earlier this week, and now AMD has followed suit for Radeon graphics card owners with its new 19.7.3 driver release.
In AMD's case, the company claims its 19.7.3 driver improves performance in Wolfenstein: Youngblood by 13 percent, compared to the previous 19.7.2 driver package. That's based on internal testing using a Radeon RX 5700.
>> Available from here.

The Epic Store is beginning to support cloud saves
https://www.pcgamer.com/the-epic-store-is-beginning-to-support-cloud-saves/
Moonlighter and This War of Mine went free for the week on the Epic Games Store today, and it didn't take long for the sharp cookies on Reddit to notice something interesting: The Moonlighter settings menu has a toggle for a "cloud saves" option. But the Epic Store doesn't support cloud saves yet—or does it?
The answer, as of today, is that it does, a little bit.
Epic Games rep arctczyn noted in reply to the Reddit inquiry that This War of Mine also offers the magic of cloud saving. "Support for cloud saves will be coming to additional games soon," they added.

MODS/EMULATORS

Grand Theft Auto 3 Liberty City has been ported into BeamNG, available for download
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/grand-theft-auto-3-liberty-city-has-been-ported-into-beamng-available-for-download/
Now here is a mod that every owner of BeamNG must download. Modder ‘swift502’ has ported Liberty City from Grand Theft Auto 3 into BeamNG, allowing you to drive and crash your vehicles in that classic 3D city.
BeamNG.drive is as an immersive vehicle simulator offering near limitless possibilities to explore driving, stunting, crashing, and customizing vehicles. This project features amazing soft-body physics and car deformation effects, and this city mod is a must-have for everyone.
Do note that this mod is still under development. According to the modder, there are some glitches such as noticable LOD pop-in, slits/gaps in the ground between two map areas, lamp and fire hydrant placement is off sometimes, water doesn’t behave like water and some buildings don’t have roofs (resulting in some strange shadows).
Those interested can download the mod from here. As the modder claimed, this GTA3 Liberty City mod needs to be installed manually as it contains copyrighted material (thus it cannot be distributed through the official mod repository).

Fallout 4 modders make Preston Garvey six inches tall and give him a chipmunk voice
https://www.pcgamer.com/fallout-4-modders-make-preston-garvey-six-inches-tall-and-give-him-a-chipmunk-voice/
Poor Preston Garvey. He's not really a bad fellow, it's just that his insatiable settlement fetish makes him the target for a lot of mockery and memes. The latest indignity heaped upon this Fallout 4 follower is a mod called Small Preston, which shrinks the notorious Commonwealth Minuteman to roughly 10% of his normal size. He's so small! And yet he still needs your help with another settlement!
I should quickly point out that the modder isn't just picking on Preston, as Brotherhood of Steel cheerleader Paladin Danse can also be made very small with this mod. And, the mod even includes an optional file that makes the player 50% smaller as well. But Tiny Garvey is far more amusing to me than Tiny Danse or Tiny Me.

This Sekiro mod turns Toy Story's Woody into a stone-cold killer
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-sekiro-mod-turns-toy-storys-woody-into-a-stone-cold-killer/
Who better to take out a naughty samurai clan than Toy Story's diligent lawman, Sheriff Woody? Modder huckleberrypie has added the cowboy to Sekiro, finally allowing him to tap into all that rage that's surely built up after years of living with Tim Allen.
There's no time for jokes or heartwarming moments in Sekiro, and Woody has no interest in quips, just killing and silently staring with those cold, dead eyes. All the better to watch the life bleed out of a man. He's got a taste for it now. Toy Story 5 is going to be messed up.
If you want to put Woody in your game, you'll need to download the Sekiro Mod Engine as well as the mod itself, then copy the contents of the folder to your Sekiro mods directory. Fire up the game and you should have Woody instead of Wolf.

GAMING NEWS

Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries releases on December 10th, exclusively on the Epic Games Store
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/mechwarrior-5-mercenaries-releases-on-december-10th-exclusively-on-the-epic-games-store/
Piranha Games has just announced that Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries will be released on December 10th, exclusively on the Epic Games Store. Now I know that a lot of gamers were looking forward to this, so it will be interesting to see how they react now that the game will not be initially launch on Steam.

Here are ten minutes of brand new gameplay footage from the upcoming Blair Witch game
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/here-are-ten-minutes-of-brand-new-gameplay-footage-from-the-upcoming-blair-witch-game/
GameInformer has released a video, showing ten minutes of new gameplay footage from the upcoming Blair Witch game. This video will give you an idea of how the game plays, though it may contain some spoilers (so we suggest avoiding it if you want to avoid any of them).

RAGE 2 Update 2 available for download, adds New Game +, full patch notes revealed
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/rage-2-update-2-available-for-download-adds-new-game-full-patch-notes-revealed/
Bethesda and Avalanche Studios have released the second big update for RAGE 2. According to the release notes, this new patch adds a New Game + mode, as well as an Ironman Mode and the Ultra Nightmare Difficulty.

Battlefield 5 update 4.2 now available for download, brings numerous changes, full patch notes
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/battlefield-5-update-4-2-now-available-for-download-brings-numerous-changes-full-patch-notes/
DICE has released a brand new update for Battlefield 5. According to the release notes, update 4.2 reduces the recoil, and increases the muzzle velocity for the P08 Carbine in a bid to improve its effectiveness, and awards kills in Firestorm if the enemy player disconnects during the downed state.

Anno 1800 Update 4 releases on July 30th, will improve camera zoom out, will optimize performance
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/anno-1800-update-4-releases-on-july-30th-will-improve-camera-zoom-out-will-optimize-performance/
Ubisoft has announced that a brand new update for its latest strategy game, Anno 1800, will release on July 30th. According to the team, game update 4 will allow players to zoom the camera significantly further out, will bring performance optimizations and improvements, and will feature a new and improved minimum stock system to the Trading Post.

New Call of Duty Modern Warfare in-game multiplayer teaser trailer shows a tactical infiltration
https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/new-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-in-game-multiplayer-teaser-trailer-shows-a-tactical-infiltration/
Activision and Infinity Ward have released a new in-game multiplayer teaser trailer for Call of Duty Modern Warfare. This trailer showcases one of the game’s tactical infiltrations and according to the teams, this one shows a disembarking into the Multiplayer map currently named Gun Runner.

PC gamers can completely bypass Wolfenstein: Youngblood’s micro-transactions with CheatEngine
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/pc-gamers-can-bypass-some-of-wolfenstein-youngbloods-micro-transactions-with-cheatengine/
Wolfenstein: Youngblood has just been released on the PC (it was meant to come out tomorrow but the game was released a day earlier on Steam). Now in case you haven’t heard yet, this latest Wolfenstein game features numerous micro-transactions. However, it appears that PC gamers can easily bypass them.

Project CARS 3 to be officially announced soon, is 200% better than pCars 2, is “game changer”
https://www.dsogaming.com/news/project-cars-3-to-be-officially-announced-soon-is-200-better-than-pcars-2-is-game-changer/
Slightly Mad Studios CEO Ian Bell has shared some new interesting details about the next part in the Project CARS series. According to Bell, the game will be officially announced soon, and it’s going to be a “revolution” and a “game changer”.
>> What are they going to say, right?